Amazon is selling this for $329, with a few other sellers at $199. Not sure of the price discrepancy there.

Anyway, most people interested in buying this would already know, but it's not a scope. It's a sight or target acquisition aid. It makes it easier than the front/rear iron sights on a gun because you just have to point the dot inside the reticle on your target then it's centered.

Has anyone used this before? I'm not really familiar with 'em.. The reticles look pretty unique, and the 3-dots look like they'd work decent as pseudo mil-dots for long range.. seems like they'd work great with a magnifier.

@scottydl: If you had low-profile/railed gas block, it should clear fine. Although with a standard fixed sight, yea, probably.

The fun part? I don't have a lead-sled, a stand, a range, a boresighter, a spotting scope or decent targets (+ everything else) :) - my old range had most of that stuff so I never needed it heh.. I'm also lacking patience and money for ammo.

I do have some homemade sandbags and some binoculars though, so I'm close :D. That AR I built shoots AWESOME groups, they just aren't where my dot's pointing lol

@scottydl: I actually agree with your statement. Lower 1/3 co-witness for your iron/backup sights. I would think it would be hard to shoot with the optics that low. In fact, on my son's Aimpoint, I got a taller mount for the very same reason. You could use it, but your cheek-weld would make you tilt your head more to get your eye even with the scope.

If I had the cash, I'd be in for 3. Pride-Fowler stuff is really nice. The Japanese glass is amazingly clear and their reticles are intuitive and very easy to use.

If you want to build a gun that you see in video games and movies, get the EOTechs and ACOGs, if you want a solid shooting, versatile multipurpose rifle, these is one of the better choices on the market.

This is a great deal on this particular excellent red-dot sight system. A few of the guys I work with on the Sheriff's Department have this red-dot sight on their department issued A2's and A4's. They love em. I've played with theirs and liked it a lot but I never got one... until now. I've been using a Barska and it is about to be replaced.

In for one. Not a lot of reviews out there on this one, but given that PFI's scopes seem to be universally loved by their users, it's probably a pretty reasonable bet. I need a good RDS that can act as a temporary optic on my guns until I purchase their "final" optic.

Real question in my mind is whether this keeps a zero if you change reticules... if it does, that considerably improves its value in my mind, because that's sure as hell not a feature found in cheaper RDS's.

@nbirnbaum2: There are NSNs on the PFI Radid Reticle 4-20x40 scopes, and I believe their 1-4x24.

The long range scopes see quite a bit of use with contractors, "civilian DoD employees" and Army scouts. Their long range reticle is superior to mildot. Ranging is almost automatic within 800 yards.

All PFI optics are built to milspec, but they market their stuff to shooters and not mall ninjas, so they don't feel the need to slather that label all over their product. The term milspec is over used and often times incorrectly.

The High on Fire t-shirt I have on right now surpasses military specification.

@face76: They are similar. The 552 uses AA batteries which is nice, but you are only limited to one reticle. The 552 is also night vision compatible if I remember correctly the Action-4 is not. But if you don't want to spend $500 on a new EoTech this is a great alternative.

@matt1976: Look at the mounts; they'll need risers or a different mount ring(s). It mounts as low as the base ring that came with my Aimpoint (son's, now). My EOTech, with the stock mount, sat higher that the Aimpoint.

Edit: Look at the "In the box" picture. Those rings are low for an AR.

This is just a curiosity question, but given the things people have said about this here, plus certain comments on the product page, I'm wondering ... does this have some kind of parallax reduction mechanism akin, in result, to a holographic sight?

If I'm completely off-base even asking, please don't get upset. I have the misfortune of living in a state and city where any shooting-related stuff has to remain almost entirely theoretical. So, again, this is really just about my curiosity.

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